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Decades of US naval drills on a Puerto Rican island may have inflicted untold collateral damage. Armed forces everywhere should learn the lesson.

The All-Too-Real Consequences of Military War Games

By: EBR | Tuesday, October 6, 2020

Militaries around the world train regularly to ensure troops stay fit for combat, but for one army at least, the drills have become deadlier than the real deal

With 20% of the world’s population and 10% of the global agricultural area and only 7% of the world’s freshwater reserves, China, in addition to increasing its own production, is forced to import food in a major way, certainly food that requires water in production, such as grains and meat.

China: The thirsty drowning dragon

By: EBR | Monday, October 5, 2020

In all articles these days about China’s position in the world, one subject has remained underexposed: the country’s great ecological vulnerability

"Trump is trailing in the polls, and he should have focused on appealing to moderate Republican women in the suburbs, minorities and swing voters."

Biden 1, Trump 0 in the First Round

By: EBR | Friday, October 2, 2020

Democrats who had been anxious about how Biden would perform can breathe a sigh of relief

The resolution should address a few levels of the problem. One is the geopolitical context: Russia’s twenty-seven-year-long security domination in the Caucasus, which has clearly proved to be not a factor of stabilization but one of control, based on consolidation of Soviet legacies—expressed in conflict narratives, paradigms, institutions, and governance—must be neutralized.

Is Peace Possible Between Armenia and Azerbaijan?

By: EBR | Friday, October 2, 2020

Armenia and Azerbaijan are blaming each other for the latest surge of violence over Nagorny Karabakh. The consequences for the region are unpredictable, but much will depend on the intentions of Russia and Turkey

"Looking forward to the vice-presidential debate next week, maybe one of them will act like a President."

First Presidential debate: Trump and Biden clash

By: N. Peter Kramer | Wednesday, September 30, 2020

President Donald Trump and former Vice-President Joe Biden clashed in the first (of the three) presidential debates over the Supreme Court, the coronavirus, the economy and the race-issue

Businesses in industries including travel, automotive and energy are currently seeking new lines of credit, and once the public and banking sectors have reached certain thresholds, we will see capital markets players step in to offer direct lending and other forms of debt.

How banks can help companies restructure for growth

By: EBR | Tuesday, September 29, 2020

The fallout from COVID-19 continues to challenge and disrupt economies around the world, but the banking and capital markets sectors can help steady the ship

The United States and Greece shared views on the Eastern Mediterranean and reaffirmed their belief that maritime delimitation issues should be resolved peacefully in accordance with international law.

Joint Statement Regarding the High-Level Review of the U.S.-Greece Strategic Dialogue

By: EBR | Monday, September 28, 2020

Greek Minister of Foreign Affairs Nikos Dendias and U.S. Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo conducted a high-level review of the U.S.-Greece Strategic Dialogue on September 28, 2020, in anticipation of the third Strategic Dialogue to be held in Washington, DC in 2021

As the President of the European Commission, Ms von der Leyen mentioned in her first State of the Union address, “[the EU] will continue to believe in open and fair trade across the world. Not as an end in itself – but as a way to deliver prosperity at home and promote our values and standards”.

Taiwan: The EU’s ideal supply chain partner in Asia

By: EBR | Monday, September 28, 2020

Much ink has been spilled on the topic of the relationship between the European Union and the People’s Republic of China over recent weeks; from imbalanced trade to values and principles

"For all the talk about a European geopolitical strategy, exerting maximum political and economic pressure on Russia would be speaking the language of power that is actually in line with European liberal values."

EU to Russia: Stay Out of Belarus

By: EBR | Friday, September 25, 2020

The European Union and its member states should put maximum pressure on Russia to follow their example and not meddle with the internal affairs of Belarus. Let the Belarusians deal with their own situation

“This is the most important announcement on global climate policy in at least the last five years,” Niklas Hohne, a partner at German-based New Climate Institute, one of the two organisations behind CAT, said.

China’s carbon neutral pledge could curb global warming by 0.3°C, researchers say

By: EBR | Thursday, September 24, 2020

President Xi Jinping’s pledge that China will achieve carbon neutrality before 2060 is the most significant climate policy move for years and, if achieved, could curb likely global warming by 0.2-0.3 Celsius this century

"Arabs in the past have projected solutions as the need to address Palestinian rights while accepting Israel’s existence."

Israel and the Arab World: A Tectonic Shift

By: EBR | Thursday, September 24, 2020

The truly historic nature of the UAE-Israel deal is in the fine print

“The EPP will have to make a choice and take a position over the scandals,” said Daniel Smilov, program director at the Centre for Liberal Strategies in Sofia.

How the Citizens of Belarus and Bulgaria Are Held Hostage

By: EBR | Wednesday, September 23, 2020

The European Union’s commitment to democratic values are close to shatters as Cyprus and the European People’s Party contribute to keeping autocratic or corrupt leaders in power

“A technological and economic divide risks inevitably turning into a geo-strategic and military divide. We must avoid this at all costs.”

US-China tensions take centre stage at UN, Guterres warns against a new ‘Cold War’

By: EBR | Wednesday, September 23, 2020

US President Donald Trump told the United Nations General Assembly on Tuesday (22 September) that China must be held accountable for having “unleashed” COVID-19 on the world, prompting Beijing to accuse him of “lies” and abusing the UN platform to provoke confrontation

"In recent decades, no single Jew in the United States spoke so eloquently and, more importantly, did so much as “RBG” to promote equality for all Americans."

Ruth Bader Ginsburg: A Titan on Values and the 2020 Election Risks

By: EBR | Monday, September 21, 2020

A personal perspective from an American Jew at a truly momentous time in U.S. history

In a speech the day after Democratic Presidential candidate Joe Biden himself referred to a ‘Harris-Biden administration’! If that is how they want it, from now on it is ‘the Harris-Biden campaign’.

The ‘Harris-Biden’ campaign and the ‘law and order’ issue

By: N. Peter Kramer | Monday, September 21, 2020

On Monday 14 September Democratic Vice-President candidate Kamala Harris referred in public to something she called the ‘Harris administration’

It is necessary to analyse why the destructive forces have the upper hand - what are their resources? – in order to strategise better for the protection and sustainable management of the world ecology.

The battle for the planet: Who are the players?

By: EBR | Friday, September 18, 2020

The world has become an ecological battlefield where large segments of mankind are fighting Mother Nature and her allies

"If the US and China, and some of their respective partners, come increasingly to see the developing world as a zone of competition or even rivalry, it will likely be injurious to the development effort as a whole."

How US-China tensions could hamper development efforts

By: EBR | Thursday, September 17, 2020

Through much of the Cold War, international development was simultaneously an important policy objective in its own right, and an arena of superpower competition

"Turkey’s economy is already in a tailspin. The EU will shortly be deciding on sanctions. If they are well thought through and effective that alone will make Turkey’s sustainability suffer further."

The Fallacy of Appeasement

By: EBR | Thursday, September 17, 2020

We are unfortunately re-living a period that closely resembles the first forty years of the 20th Century. The first was the dissolution of Imperial Germany with Hitler trying to revenge the treaty of Versailles. Now we are belatedly facing a replay in the form of the Treaty of Sevres with Turkey trying to reinstate the Ottoman Empire

In a conversation with Taiwan’s new ambassador to the EU, Dr Ming-Yen Tsai, the Ambassador described how his country coped, as the only one in the world which had to survive the pandemic without a relationship with the World Health Organisation (WHO).

Ambassador Tsai: ‘In these days of China’s aggressive and expansive behaviour, Taiwan needs friends all over the world’

By: N. Peter Kramer | Wednesday, September 16, 2020

The Republic of China (ROC), the official name of Taiwan, is more than ever in the global spotlight

"The Abraham Accord is a major breakthrough in international and regional diplomacy. The establishment could also have been a great opportunity for the Palestinians to return to the negotiating table."

Major breakthrough for Israel, but it remains silent in Europe

By: EBR | Wednesday, September 16, 2020

This third Tuesday in September was a big day for Israel, the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain. In the White House, the countries signed a peace treaty

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EU Actually

Six EU countries demand revision of climate policy: ‘Ideological dogmatism harms our industry’

By: N. Peter Kramer

Six European heads of government have called on Commission President Ursula von der Leyen to review the current EU climate policy.

Europe

Trump’s Peace Lessons for Europe

U.S. President Donald Trump’s claims to have ended eight wars may be debatable, but his peace efforts raise valid questions. Europe can learn lessons from Washington on how to break the deadlock in protracted conflicts.

Business

EU waters down plans to end new petrol and diesel car sales by 2035

Current rules state that new vehicles sold from that date should be "zero emission", but carmakers, particularly in Germany, have lobbied heavily for concessions.